---
id: 6610c424b7119919b62932f4
title: Step 48
challengeType: 1
dashedName: step-48
---

# --description--

A function does not have to return a hard-coded value. It can return the value stored in a variable. Parameters are special variables for a function, so they can also be returned.

Change your `padRow` function to `return` the `name` parameter directly.

# --hints--

Your `padRow` function should return the value of the `name` parameter.

```js
assert.equal(padRow("Naomi"), "Naomi");
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```js
const character = "#";
const count = 8;
const rows = [];

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function padRow(name) {
  return "Hello!";
}
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const call = padRow();
console.log(call);


for (let i = 0; i < count; i = i + 1) {
  rows.push(character.repeat(i + 1))
}

let result = ""

for (const row of rows) {
  result = result + "\n" + row;
}

console.log(result);
```
